| Town Cancellations: Thorshavn / Torshavn |  Top |
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Denmark Scott #90 x6 and #192 USED IN THE FAROES [1930 5 øre light green Typographed Wavy Lines / Numeral; 1927 15 øre Typographed Caravel] (all VF) on 5 January 1934 "Indkasserings-Postanvisning" COD MONEY COLLECTION CARD sent from THORSHAVN (Daka cancel #01.07 with the angular "3") to Vestmanhavn, for the collection of kr 50.64. The 45 øre franking is correct for collection of 25-100 kr (1 Jul 1920 thru 30 June 1946). (It is odd that seven stamps were put on the card when it could have been done with only three 15 øre stamps, or even just two stamp as 20+25. The stamps were probably put on by a postal clerk who was perhaps trying to conserve the remaining quantity of 15 øre stamps; using nine 5 øre stamps would not have fit in the designated area. Deliveries of stamps from Denmark -- risking North Sea storms in winter -- were not frequent.) This type of card is like a COD (cash on delivery) parcel card except that there is no package; the reason for the payment request is written in detail on one of panels of the card. Such cards were typically used to request payment of invoices (which could be written on the back of the card or could be attached to the card), subscriptions, insurance premiums, organization membership dues, etc. The destination post office requests the payment from the addressee of the card. If the payment is obtained by the post office, the payment is sent back to the requestor through the postal giro/banking system. This is essentially a combination of "request for payment and a reverse money order". Initially the card has three parts, but one of the parts is separated at time of original sending. Notice the rouletted edge where one part was removed; I am not sure if that part was kept by the requestor or kept by the sending post office. The entire 3-part original card is rarely seen except as part of unused forms. In this case, the payment was not obtained by the destination post office within the prescribed amount of time. As a result, the card was returned to the sender with the original two parts completely intact -- it is very unusual to see these intact 2-part cards; they should only exist in a refused / returned situation such as this. This is the only way for us to know the complete text of all four panels of the 2-part card! In the last 52 years, I have only had a few examples of this general type of Faroe usage (returned) from this era. An outstanding postal history item! ACTUAL item. |
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